"prosinьcь" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See prosinьcь in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From *pro- + an element *sinьcь of unclear origin. Multiple theories exist: * From *sijati (“to shine, glow”) referring to the winter solstice. This appears to be the most commonly accepted theory. * From *siňь (“gray”) because of the darkness of December nights. * Christian sources derive it from *prositi (“to pray”) referring to Christmas. Etymology templates: {{unk|sla-pro|unclear}} unclear Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun|prosìnьcь|ap=a}} Forms: prosìnьcь [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], prosìnьcь [nominative, singular], prosìnьca [dual, nominative], prosìnьci [nominative, plural], prosìnьca [genitive, singular], prosìnьcu [dual, genitive], prosìnьcь [genitive, plural], prosìnьcu [dative, singular], prosìnьcema [dative, dual], prosìnьcēmъ [dative, plural], prosìnьcь [accusative, singular], prosìnьca [accusative, dual], prosìnьcę̇ [accusative, plural], prosìnьcьmь [instrumental, singular], prosìnьcemь [instrumental, singular], prosìnьcema [dual, instrumental], prosìnьcī [instrumental, plural], prosìnьci [locative, singular], prosìnьcu [dual, locative], prosìnьcīxъ [locative, plural], prosìnьče [singular, vocative], prosìnьca [dual, vocative], prosìnьci [plural, vocative]
  1. first month after Winter solstice (corresponds to December or January) Wikipedia link: Marko Snoj, Oleg Trubachyov Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *kologъ
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prosìnьcь",
        "ap": "a"
      },
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prosinьcь",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Slavic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a",
        "Proto-Slavic nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic soft masculine o-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic soft o-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic terms with unknown etymologies"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first month after Winter solstice (corresponds to December or January)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ],
        [
          "December",
          "December"
        ],
        [
          "January",
          "January"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*kologъ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Marko Snoj",
        "Oleg Trubachyov"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prosinьcь"
}

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